How to maximise the usage of RAM and speed up softwares?

Question

I have 2G of (Kingston) RAM. However, most of the time, the softwares (e.g. CorelDraw) didn't fully use RAM and yet they go very slow. I have XP on 2.6 D-Core.

Thank you.

Answer 1

No idea what you on about.
XP will use the 2GB in full and create the memory pool for all applications. If your PC is slow on that spec, your Windows may be infected or damaged, or you are using old 16bit CorelDraw thats really old. even so, the processor you have would have compensated that, so I would check your Windows installation vefore doing anything else.

Answer 2

It's not supposed to use all your RAM... Otherwise your system would lock up! Programs have an allocated RAM amount of sorts. You can't really tell most programs to use up, say, 1 GB of RAM without messing up the software. It would only use the ones it needs.

However, even though software use only a specific amount for doing this or that (pretend CorelDraw while drawing would use 400 kb of your RAM), not all RAM are the same. They have different clock speeds. One 1 GB stick is not always the same as the other! That's why there are RAM that are more expensive even if they're both capable of 1 GB.

One 512 mb stick running at 800 MHz would be way faster than some 1 GB RAM stick running at 200 MHz. Pretending CorelDraw uses up only 400 mb, your 2 GB would indeed be insignificant compared to the 800 MHz stick with 512 mb (assuming your kingston runs at slow speeds).

Your 2 GB allocation however, would enable you to open up more programs compared to the hypothetical computer with just 512 mb ram. Sorry if it got too long winding.

Answer 3

Are you running on an old computer? If you have a 700mb++ ram and you feel like your pc isn't maximazing its potential, dont blame the chip. The problem might be your whole box. upgrading it wouldn't do any better. with that case a harddrive reformat is needed to give windows a fresh start.

However, ifyou are running on a new pc, you might want to optimize your RAM.

Google a free software that can optimize your RAM. "RAM optimizer"

or download a full version of Tune Up Utilities software.

It can optimize RAM, clean registries, defrag, it even has an advisor system that tells you what you need to twitch on your machine.

Answer 4

Hummm......ur concept bout memory is completely winded up.....forget wat u know bout the memory stuff and listen to me-

ur application requires a limited amount of memory.....more memory usage dosent mean more performance.....never means more performance.

u cant force an application take on the whole of the memory available.....even if it did, there is no use....it'll just slow ur system down.

in terms of memory, the speed of application depends upon it RAM's speed(Mhz) and the mother boards architecture.

Answer 5

while it is going extreme your laptop would be crappy say if it is going from 40 six% to a a hundred your laptop will crash in below 10 minutes of that so shop it below 40 six to get extra perfect preformance only uninstall some previous classes which you dont use